A ferrofluidic inertial sensor exploiting the rosensweig effect

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1471-1476

  Andò, Bruno ^a   Ascia, Alberto ^b   Baglio, Salvatore ^a   Beninato, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disposable; Electrical isolation; Ferrofluid; Inertial sensor; Liquid media; Rosensweig effect

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL CONFIGURATION; ELECTRICAL ISOLATION; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; FERROFLUID; INERTIAL DEVICES; INERTIAL SENSOR; LIQUID MEDIA; LOW COSTS; NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; NOVEL DEVICES; PLANAR COIL; REAL APPLICATIONS; STATIC FRICTION;

DEIONIZED WATER; HOUSING; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SMART SENSORS; STICTION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 77950917934     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2045146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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